David Bishai
Professor, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Bishai is a physician and leading health economist with expertise in the economic evaluation of public health programs. His latest book, Achieving Health for All won the Sharmanov Prize for contributions to the field of Primary Health Care. He has 260 peer-reviewed publications in health economics. Dr. Bishai received his Ph.D. in Health Care Systems from the Wharton School of Business in 1996. In 1987, he received his M.D. from the University of California at San Diego, and his M.P.H. from UCLA. His residency training in internal medicine and pediatrics was completed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. He is a member of the Economic Research Forum and former president of the International Health Economics Association.
Areas of Interest:
- health economics
- population economics
- family economics
- marriage
- gender
Education:
- PhD, Wharton Business School, 1996
- BA, Harvard College, 1983;
- MD, UC San Diego School of Medicine
- 2015-2017 Johns Hopkins School of Public Health President-Elect of Faculty Senate
- 2010-2019 Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Director Interdepartmental Health Economics Program
- 2010-present Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Professor, Population Fam. Reproductive. Health
- 1996-2003 Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Assistant Professor, Population and Family Hlth Sci.
- Chowdhury, S, Vergeer, P, Schmidt, H, Barroy, H, Bishai, D, Halpern, S. (2014) Economics and Ethics of Results-Based Financing for Family Planning Washington, DC World Bank HNP Discussion Paper
- Madhvan, S. and Bishai D Private Sector Engagement in Maternal Neonatal Health and Sexual and Reproductive Health DFID Technical Report 2010
- Madhvan, S. and Bishai, D, Stanton, C. Harding, A. Engaging the Private Sector in Maternal and Neonatal Health in Low and Middle Income Countries World Bank Technical Report. 2010
- Bishai, D. and J. Sindelar. 2006 “Willingness to Pay for Drug Rehabilitation: Implications for Cost Recovery”. National Bureau of Economic Research; NBER Working Paper No. W12506.
- Bishai, D. Lin, M. Kiyonga,C Algorithms for the Distribution of AIDS Vaccines. World Bank Policy Working Papers 2000.
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